Not sure how many people are/were VFA (now VFL) fans, so..
I was thinking about this for quite some time and over the last couple of months I thought, played with the idea and even created my own "dream" Victorian League..-
What if a few football clubs broke away (and gave the AFL the finger) and created a whole new VFA, especially since it seems that the AFL is doing all they can to destroy any trace of the old VFA by taking over the VFL and trying to rid the VFL of former VFA clubs..
Wallace Football Enterprises (not a real company!!!) presents..
~ Victorian Association Football Union (VAFU) ~
- Two Divisions - West and East
- 20 teams each Division
- 19 H&A rounds per season
- Top 8 Finals System
- Basic rules (like how the game was played in the 70's/80's)
Finals System (West division for example; East would be the same)
[Qualifying Final] = W1 v W4, W2 v W3, W5 v W8, W7 v W6
[Semi Final] = Loser of W1/W4 v Winner of W6/W7, Loser of W2/W3 v Winner of W5/W8
[Preliminary Final] = Winner of W1/W4 v Winner of 2nd Semi, Winner of W2/W3 v Winner of 1st Semi
[Grand Final] = Winner of Preliminary Final 1 v Winner of Preliminary Final 2
[Championship Final] = West Division Premiers versus East Division Premiers to crown the VAFU Premiership Champions
Teams would be:
West:
Albert Park (VAFA), Ballarat (Ballarat Football League), Barwon (formerly Newtown & Chilwell; Geelong Football League), Brunswick (VAFA), Coburg (VFL), Essendon Doutta (Essendon District Football League), Fitzroy (VAFA), Geelong Amateurs (Bellarine Football League), Geelong West (Geelong Football League), North Ballarat (VFL), Northcote Park (Northern Football League), North Footscray (Western Region Football League), Port Melbourne (VFL), Preston (VAFA), South Melbourne Districts (VAFA), Sunshine (Western Region Football League), University Blacks (VAFA), Werribee (VFL), Williamstown (VFL) and Yarraville (formerly Yarraville-Seddon; Western Region Football League)
East:
Berwick (South Eastern Football Netball League), Box Hill North (VAFA), Brighton (formerly East Brighton; Southern Football Netball League), Caulfield (Southern Football Netball League), Camberwell (VAFA), Dandenong (Southern Football Netball League), Frankston (VFL), Hawthorn A (formerly Hawthorn Amateurs; VAFA), Kilsyth (Eastern Football League), Moorabbin (Southern Football Netball League), Mordialloc (Southern Football Netball League), Oakleigh (formerly Oakleigh Amateurs; VAFA), Prahran (formerly Prahran Assumption; VAFA), Richmond Central (VAFA), Saint Kilda City (Southern Football Netball League), Sandringham (VFL), Springvale Districts (Southern Football Netball League), Traralgon (Gippsland Football League), Waverley (formerly Glen Waverley; Eastern Football League) and finally Tasmania Reserves* (Australian Rules Football Alliance (not a real league; another fantasy I threw together)
Venues Used:
West:
North Port Oval (12,000), Eureka Stadium (11,000), Coburg City Oval (15,000), Brunswick Street Oval (15,000), Williamstown Cricket Ground (10,000), Chirnsdale Park (10,000) and Kardinia Park (34,000) (unless there is another suitable ground in the Geelong area that can hold around 5,000-15,000)
East:
Frankston Park (8000), Box Hill City Oval (10,000), Moorabbin Oval (10,000), Junction Oval (10,000) and Morwell Reserve (12,000); KGV Oval (18,000)/Devonport Oval (14,000)
I was thinking about this for quite some time and over the last couple of months I thought, played with the idea and even created my own "dream" Victorian League..-
What if a few football clubs broke away (and gave the AFL the finger) and created a whole new VFA, especially since it seems that the AFL is doing all they can to destroy any trace of the old VFA by taking over the VFL and trying to rid the VFL of former VFA clubs..
Wallace Football Enterprises (not a real company!!!) presents..
~ Victorian Association Football Union (VAFU) ~
- Two Divisions - West and East
- 20 teams each Division
- 19 H&A rounds per season
- Top 8 Finals System
- Basic rules (like how the game was played in the 70's/80's)
Finals System (West division for example; East would be the same)
[Qualifying Final] = W1 v W4, W2 v W3, W5 v W8, W7 v W6
[Semi Final] = Loser of W1/W4 v Winner of W6/W7, Loser of W2/W3 v Winner of W5/W8
[Preliminary Final] = Winner of W1/W4 v Winner of 2nd Semi, Winner of W2/W3 v Winner of 1st Semi
[Grand Final] = Winner of Preliminary Final 1 v Winner of Preliminary Final 2
[Championship Final] = West Division Premiers versus East Division Premiers to crown the VAFU Premiership Champions
Teams would be:
West:
Albert Park (VAFA), Ballarat (Ballarat Football League), Barwon (formerly Newtown & Chilwell; Geelong Football League), Brunswick (VAFA), Coburg (VFL), Essendon Doutta (Essendon District Football League), Fitzroy (VAFA), Geelong Amateurs (Bellarine Football League), Geelong West (Geelong Football League), North Ballarat (VFL), Northcote Park (Northern Football League), North Footscray (Western Region Football League), Port Melbourne (VFL), Preston (VAFA), South Melbourne Districts (VAFA), Sunshine (Western Region Football League), University Blacks (VAFA), Werribee (VFL), Williamstown (VFL) and Yarraville (formerly Yarraville-Seddon; Western Region Football League)
East:
Berwick (South Eastern Football Netball League), Box Hill North (VAFA), Brighton (formerly East Brighton; Southern Football Netball League), Caulfield (Southern Football Netball League), Camberwell (VAFA), Dandenong (Southern Football Netball League), Frankston (VFL), Hawthorn A (formerly Hawthorn Amateurs; VAFA), Kilsyth (Eastern Football League), Moorabbin (Southern Football Netball League), Mordialloc (Southern Football Netball League), Oakleigh (formerly Oakleigh Amateurs; VAFA), Prahran (formerly Prahran Assumption; VAFA), Richmond Central (VAFA), Saint Kilda City (Southern Football Netball League), Sandringham (VFL), Springvale Districts (Southern Football Netball League), Traralgon (Gippsland Football League), Waverley (formerly Glen Waverley; Eastern Football League) and finally Tasmania Reserves* (Australian Rules Football Alliance (not a real league; another fantasy I threw together)
Venues Used:
West:
North Port Oval (12,000), Eureka Stadium (11,000), Coburg City Oval (15,000), Brunswick Street Oval (15,000), Williamstown Cricket Ground (10,000), Chirnsdale Park (10,000) and Kardinia Park (34,000) (unless there is another suitable ground in the Geelong area that can hold around 5,000-15,000)
East:
Frankston Park (8000), Box Hill City Oval (10,000), Moorabbin Oval (10,000), Junction Oval (10,000) and Morwell Reserve (12,000); KGV Oval (18,000)/Devonport Oval (14,000)